overhold
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
- (transitive) To hold over; keep.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English overholden inherited from Old English oferhealdan (hold over, overtake, overcome, neglect, delay to do) inherited from Proto-Germanic *uber (over) prefix from English hold (game won by the server, hold an opinion, deem).
Origin
English
hold
Gloss
game won by the server, hold an opinion, deem
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ahold English
- anchorhold English
- behold English
- breathhold English
- chokehold English
- commonhold English
- copyhold English
- fiefhold English
- fingerhold English
- foothold English
- forehold English
- forhold English
- handhold English
- hold English
- holdable English
- holdase English
- holdback English
- holder English
- holdest English
- holdeth English
- holdfast English
- holdless English
- holdoff English
- holdout English
- household English
- inhold English
- landhold English
- leasehold English
- leghold English
- lifehold English
- mini-hold English
- mishold English
- offhold English
- onhold English
- outhold English
- pinhold English
- resthold English
- roothold English
- shorthold English
- stokehold English
- stranglehold English
- stronghold English
- throttlehold English
- toehold English
- underhold English
- unhold English
- uphold English
- windhold English
- withhold English
- houden Dutch, Flemish
- over Dutch, Flemish
- overhouden Dutch, Flemish
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *upér Proto-Indo-European
- *upéri Proto-Indo-European
- *uber Proto-Germanic
- *ubiri Proto-Germanic
- healdan Old English
- ofer Old English
- ofer- Old English
- ofergyldan Old English
- oferhealdan Old English
- oferhebban Old English
- ofersendan Old English
- ofersettan Old English
- ofersittan Old English
- holden Middle English
- overholden Middle English
- of Icelandic
- 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *obar gmw-pro
- *ovar Old Dutch
- over Old Dutch
- ovar- Old Saxon
- over Old Frisian
- holim Tok Pisin
- hold
- ahold
- holder
- uphold
- unhold
- inhold
- behold
- onhold
- forhold
- offhold
- pinhold
- holdase
- mishold
- outhold
- holdout
- holdeth
- toehold
- holdoff
- leghold
- holdest
- handhold
- holdable
- holdless
- lifehold
- copyhold
- landhold
- holdfast
- resthold
- forehold
- roothold
- foothold
- windhold
- withhold
- fiefhold
- holdback
- shorthold
- mini-hold
- household
- underhold
- chokehold
- stokehold
- leasehold
- commonhold
- fingerhold
- stronghold
- anchorhold
- breathhold
- stranglehold
- throttlehold